Flytrap



A. H. STRAMPE AND]. H. STRAHMANN FLY'TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9, 1917A 1 359 930 I Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

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ARTHURJ-L 's'rnAMrE nun Joiin H. s'rnAiiMAmr, e1 mi L I! '0 all whom itma concern Be it known that we, ARTHUR H. STRAMPE and- JOHN H.STRAHMANN, citizens of .the

United States,'residing vatfPaullina, in thecounty of OBrien and Stateof Iowa; have i invented certain new and useful Improve, ments inFlytraps; and we do hereby declare the following to be a. full,"clear,.and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which] it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention-relates to improvements The .object of this invention 'isthe provision of a fly trapconstructed of reticulatedmateri'al having adepending tube as sociated therewith into which the 'fiies finally crawland are confined.

A further object oft'his invention'isthe provision-of a device of theabove stated character which is'designed especially for use inshow-windows and like places and 1 which is provided with means topermit the same to be conveniently suspended or sup ported at desiredpoints to catch theflies and also provided with means whereby the devicecan be emptied'when desired.

' A still further object of this invention is" the provision of a trapof this character,

which will be'simple', practical and'com paratively inexpensive inconstruction and one that can be manufactured and sold: at

proved fly trap as made in accordance with this invention, 1

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View through the tube illustrating itsconstruction,

Fig. 3 is a similar View partly broken away to illustrate the means inwhich cup shaped baflies are positioned therein,

, Fig. 41 is a sectional viewinto the body of the trap looking towardthe'tube.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view illustrating the manner in which thecup-shaped bafiies are positioned in the opening.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings. -1 Y 'which members have? their lower ends"inlet opening 10,*which-;permits thefi'i'es to is fully'open and hassecured thereto the I 100 suitable material and is secured to the lowerSpecification of e fir ii A. Patented Nov, 23, 1 920 Application filedFebruary 9,1917. t

Seria1 No.14'7 ,616. Referring'fmore particularly to the i draw ings,the. numeral 1 designates a plurality, of relatively spaced flat metalbars, which comprise the vertical back members 2 f curved upwardly an'doutwardlyas'at 3 and the extreme ends curved inwardly as i114, andterminating in a spaced relation with .the back members 2, The upperends of the verticalbackzmembers2 incline doiv'vn wardly' .and outwardlyas at -5"and 3 their extreme lower ends are curved inwardly andvupwardly as at 6, t'he -upwardly curved porti'on' beingparallel with themember 4; and

the portion 3 and-in spaced relation there'- to, thepurpose of'whichwill be hereinafter more fully described. 1

The vertical members 2 of each; of the. bars 1 are provided withextensions '7, which have their uppercnds terminating in-supp'ort'i'ngeyes 8. 1 j H Themenibersor supporting bars 1 are" arranged ata spaced.distance-"apart and g have secured thereto reticulated material 9whicli' :forms the body of the'trap. The re?" ticulated material issecured to the outer surface of the bars and terminates o'n -the ends 4and6 of the barsrthjus providing an i crawl into the. body of the trap,whichis formed byse curing the reticulated material The extensions 37and eyes '8 extend up: wardly beyond the} reticulated 1 material, thusconstituting supporting eyes for the suspending of the trap in a showwindow or the like. 'One .end of the trap is fully closed as at 12 andits opposite end is open and is connected to a cylindrical tube'13'.

The cylindrical tube 13 comprises a fiat base supporting bar 14 on whichis secured a foraminous body 15, the upper end ofthe 7 body 15 is closedas at 16 and its lower end tube 17, which tube is constructed ofany openend of'the foraminous body 15 by suit able rivets 18 or any otherfastening means suitablefor the purpose. Thelower open end of theforaminous cylindrical body 15is secured to theupper open end of thetube 17 on the interior thereof, as shown in Fig; 2 of the drawings; j 3is The lower open end of the tube-17 is screw-threaded as at 19 andprovided with 110 i a removable closure 20, so as to permit the flies inthe tube tobe readily removed therefrom. v g I V The 'foramino'us bodyl5'is secured to the open end of the body 9 and communicates,

therewith and is provided with an opening 21, which has its walls turnedinwardly as at 22 to provide an annular flange, the purpose of whichwill be hereinafter more fully described.

A reticulated cup-shaped body 23 is supported within the opening by aplurality of spaced supporting wires 24 which have one and in spacedrelation thereto andis supported in its position by a rod 26, which hasone end secured to its central portion in the concave face thereof andhas its opposite end connected to the concave face of the member 23centrally thereof as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, thus supportingthe members 23 and 25 within the opening in the tube 15 thusestablishing a communication-between the tube .15 and body 9 andthetrap. I i A V i The upper ends of the rods 14 extend upwardly beyondthe closedend 16 of the tube 40 15 and terminate in supporting eyes 27so as to cooperate with the eyes 8 of the bars 1 of the main body of thetrap in supporting the device in a show window or thelike. v

In operation, the trap is supported in a show window by suspending thesame by suitable flexible elements connected to the eyes 8 and 27 in therods 1 and 14, the flies crawl intothe main body through the opening 10which is provided by spacing the portions 6 and 4 formed by the curvedportions of the bars 1, they crawl along the body through the openingsinto the tube 15 and then drop into the tube 17 where they are removedby removing the removable closure 20 on the lower end of the tube.

That is claimed is: a i 1. In a device'of the class described, a flytrap comprising a body having an opening therein, an annularfl'angeextending around" the edge of the opening, a cup-shaped memberpositioned in the OPGIllIlgftIiCl spaced from the flange, and asecondrrelatively large oppositely disposed cup-shaped membenpositionedover the flange and arranged .f

in spaced relation thereto. i. a 2 7 2; A fly trap comprising aplurality of spaced vertically disposed bars having their lower endscurved upwardly,outwardly and inwardly and terminating in spacedrelation I tov the vertical portions,'said bars having their upper endscurved downwardly,i outwardly and inwardly and terminating in parallelspaced relation to thelower ends, foraminous material secured to saidbars to define a horizontal container and said mate.

rial terminating at the ends of said bars to form an entrance, and avertical container secured to one end of the horizontal c0n-,

tainer and having communicationwith the interior thereof to receiveflies.

tures in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR H. STRAMPE.

g JOHN H; STRAHMANN.

Witnesses: I

. Or'ro J. STRAMPE,

MARION A. MUnAr.

- so In testimonywhereof we afliX our-signa

